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European Hospital Survey: Benchmarking Deployment of eHealth Services (2012-2013)

The "European Hospital Survey: Benchmarking deployment of e-Health services (2012–2013)" project gathered information on eHealth adoption and use in acute hospitals in all 28 EU Member States as well as Iceland and Norway (EU28+2). It was carried out on behalf of IPTS by Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC) Luxembourg in cooperation with Global Data Collection Company (CDCC) which collected the data through a survey.

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Siemens Wins Major Healthcare IT Contract

Siemens' Healthcare Sector has won contracts from two Dutch university hospitals, the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) and University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), to supply, implement, and support the Soarian Clinicals hospital information system, including electronic patient record (EPR).

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AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel Form Industrial Internet Consortium to Improve Integration of the Physical and Digital Worlds

AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Intel have announced the formation of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), an open membership group focused on breaking down the barriers of technology silos to support better access to big data with improved integration of the physical and digital worlds.

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Special Events at WoHIT 2014

2 - 4 April 2014, Nice, France.
Add these special events to your WoHIT schedule.

Wednesday, 2 April - 12:00-14:00
BI and Analytics: Healthcare's Salvation or Money Pit?

David Garets, FHIMSS Principal, Change Gang, LLC, USA, will discuss business intelligence and analytics - a space that is considered to be one of the hottest in healtcare IT, quickly eclipsing electronic health records or EMRs in the last couple of years.

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eHealth in the EU: What's the Diagnosis?

"Europe is facing a healthcare crunch as a result of our ageing population. By making the most use of digital tech, we can reduce costs, put the patient back in control, make healthcare more efficient and help European citizens to take an active part in society for longer. We have to keep our finger on the pulse!" - Neelie Kroes.

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Camden Cuts 'Did Not Attend' Rates with Integrated Care

Clinicians in north London are breaking down inter-professional barriers and reducing ‘did not attend’ (DNA) rates for patients with serious long term conditions. Their clinical commissioning group (CCG) is using data-sharing to integrate care across primary and secondary care, and help avoid hospital admissions. Subject to patient consent at the point of care, clinicians in Camden have a secure view of vital medical information held in GP records - using EMIS Web - in these key areas:

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BridgeHead Software Partners with Capita Healthcare Decisions

BridgeHead Software, the Healthcare Data Management (HDM) specialist, and Capita Healthcare Decisions, the leading provider of clinical decision software and managed services for health, announce a partnership. BridgeHead and Capita can now offer new and existing customers a healthcare platform as a service for BridgeHead's Healthcare Data Management (HDM) Solution, enabling hospitals to effectively store, protect and share their healthcare data in a secure, scalable N3 accredited UK data centre.

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HIMSS Europe Online Matchmaking at WoHIT 2014

2 - 4 April 2014, Nice, France.
The World of Health IT 2014 (WoHIT 2014) will combine the following global audiences: influential European C-Suites, Nordic countries looking to invest, non-European decision makers from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the U.S. and Canada... plus a new French audience that is ready to engage to upgrade legacy platforms. Meet and collaborate with delegates from these segments.

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Technology Fund Supports First Stage of "Connecting Care" in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

The first stage of a programme to deliver a detailed, local shared patient record in parts of the South West of England has gone live and subsequently been rewarded with a successful application for NHS England's Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards technology funding to support the second stage.

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International Forum Gastein Calls for Applications for the 2014 European Health Award

In advance of the seventeenth European Health Forum Gastein conference, this year themed "Electing Health - the Europe we want!" which will take place in Austria's Gastein Valley from 1 to 3 October 2014, the International Forum Gastein has announced its annual search for a winner of its European Health Award. The award of €10,000 will be sponsored by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and FOPI, the association of research-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in Austria.

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